E8 Funding & Alpha Capital Group Two-step Comparison

In this article, we will be making a general and two-step comparison between E8 Funding and Alpha Capital Group. We will compare the two mentioned proprietary trading firms in general and what they are offering to forex traders worldwide.

Company Details

Company Details	E8 Funding	Alpha Capital Group
Incorporation Date	November 2021	November 2021
CEO	Dylan Elchami	George Kohler
Office Location	Dallas, Texas	London, UK
Maximum Allocation Capital	$300,000	$400,000

E8 Funding and Alpha Capital Group are both reliable and trustworthy proprietary trading firms. E8 Funding was incorporated in November 2021, while Alpha Capital Group started operating in November 2021. When it comes to CEOs, Dylan Elchami is the CEO of E8 Funding, while Alpha Capital Group is being run by George Kohler. E8 Funding has offices located in Dallas, Texas, while Alpha Capital Group has its headquarters in London, UK. And lastly, when it comes to the maximum allocation capital, traders can manage $300,000 two-step evaluation accounts with E8 Funding, while with Alpha Capital Group, traders can obtain funding up to $400k. Note that both proprietary trading firms also have a scaling plan.

Funding Program Options

Funding Program Options	E8 Funding	Alpha Capital Group
Two-step Evaluation	✅	✅
Three-step Evaluation	✅	❌

E8 Funding and Alpha Capital Group both offer multiple funding programs to forex traders worldwide. E8 Funding offers a two-step evaluation and a three-step evaluation. Alpha Capital Group, on the other hand, offers a two-step evaluation.

That being said, let’s take a look at the comparison of the two-step evaluation programs.

Two-step Comparison:

Trading Rules/Objectives	E8 Funding (Normal)	E8 Funding (Extended)	Alpha Capital Group
Phase 1 Profit Target	8%	8%	8%
Phase 2 Profit Target	5%	5%	5%
Daily Drawdown	5%	5%	5%
Overall Drawdown	8% (Scaleable up to 14%)	10% (Scaleable up to 14%)	10%
Leverage	1:50	1:50	1:100
Minimum Trading Days	No minimum trading days	5 calendar days	3 calendar days
Trading Period	Step 1: Unlimited Step 2: Unlimited	Step 1: Unlimited Step 2: Unlimited	Step 1: Unlimited Step 2: Unlimited
Profit Split	80%	80%	80%

Now that we have covered all the rules and guidelines of the two-step evaluation. Let’s take a closer look at prices.

Account Size	E8 Funding (Normal & Extended)	Alpha Capital Group
$10,000	❌	$97
$25,000	$228	$197
$50,000	$338	$297
$100,000	$588	$497
$200,000	❌	$997
$250,000	$988	❌

Brokers & Trading Platforms

After covering all the trading objectives, rules, and pricing, let’s take a closer look at brokers and trading platforms that we can use with each proprietary trading firm.

	E8 Funding	Alpha Capital Group
Broker	Tier-1 Liquidity Provider with Best Simulated Real Market Trading Conditions	ACG Markets
Trading Platform	MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5	MetaTrader 5

Trading Instruments

Another important factor when comparing proprietary trading firms is trading instruments. Below you can see which trading instruments we can trade with E8 Funding and Alpha Capital Group.

Trading Instrument	E8 Funding	Alpha Capital Group
Forex Pairs	✅	✅
Commodities	✅	✅
Indices	✅	✅
Stocks	✅	❌
Crypto	✅	❌

Community Feedback

The last topic we will go through is community feedback from E8 Funding and Alpha Capital Group. We will be looking at feedback from Trustpilot regarding both proprietary trading firms.

Trustpilot Statistics	E8 Funding	Alpha Capital Group
Rating	4.7/5	4.6/5
Number of Reviews	1,263	441

E8 Funding has a rating of 4.7/5 out of a total of 1,263 reviews, while Alpha Capital Group has a rating of 4.6/5 out of 441 reviews. Based on the statistics, we can clearly see that E8 Funding is the more popular proprietary trading firm at the moment.

Conclusion

In conclusion, E8 Funding and Alpha Capital Group are two excellent proprietary trading firm choices for any trader. We can see some clear differences regarding the trading rules and objectives, prices, and community feedback. In addition, we can also see that there is a difference regarding funding program options since E8 Funding offers the following two: a two-step evaluation and a three-step evaluation. On the other hand, Alpha Capital Group offers a two-step evaluation.

We will be ending the comparison with our special discount codes for each of the two compared proprietary trading firms. You can find both discount codes below!

E8 Funding 10% active discount code: FOREXPROPREVIEWS

Alpha Capital Group 15% active discount code: FOREXPROPREVIEWS

This comparison was lastly updated on 05.09.2023 at 07:20 (CE(S)T).